Here at the European Literature Network, we’re always crossing borders – in fact much of the time we’re trying to…
April 2019
‘…the most lasting monuments are made not of granite or marble, nor from slabs of stone, but are constructed in…
Reading this book is like walking through an amusement park. Actually no, that would be too artificial, too unreal, while…
Has six-year-old Liv died, as her father has claimed? His whole life has been dedicated – in misguided fashion –…
In I Remember You, Yrsa Sigurđardóttir drew on the heritage of Icelandic literature, channelling ancient folk tales and ghost stories…
I wonder how many British readers remember a time (as does this writer) when Ragnar Jónasson was an Icelandic writer…
Józef Wittlin, like Homer’s Odysseus whom he so much admired, was a man of many minds, human experiences, geographical and…